Gianluca Paparesta (born 25 May 1969 in Bari) is a former Italian football referee.
He was implicated in the 2006 Calciopoli scandal,[1] and has not refereed since.
He has never refereed any World Championship or European Championship matches, but has refereed nine matches in the UEFA Cup,[2] as well as 2006 World Cup qualifiers.
[3] In May 2014, Paparesta headed a consortium that bought Serie B club A.S. Bari for € 4.8 million.
[4] In August 2019, he was unveiled as part of the non-technical staff at the newly-refounded Palermo, where he will be in charge of media-related duties.